In 32 games, the team’s big-league shortstops have committed nine errors and are hitting just .130.

Meanwhile, Everth Cabrera, the team’s top minor-league shortstop, is hitting .328 this season in Triple-A Tucson, including .350 in his past nine games through Wednesday.

So why haven’t the Padres called him up already?

The decision is complicated by a domestic violence case in Arizona.

On March 16, Cabrera, 25, was arrested in Glendale, Ariz., on a domestic violence charge of misdemeanor assault. A pretrial conference in the case is scheduled in court next week.

“As we consider our options to improve the club, we certainly want to know all the facts related to these charges,” Padres General Manager Josh Byrnes said. “If in fact we make a decision to promote him while this is pending, we know in the back of our mind we have to stay on top of it and act accordingly once the legal process has concluded.”

According to Glendale police, Cabrera and his wife Connie were arrested March 16 at their apartment in Glendale, about five miles away from the Padres’ spring training home in Peoria. Cabrera was taken to jail for domestic violence assault. He was later released. His wife was not taken to jail so she could care for their child.

Glendale police said charges were filed against Connie Cabrera for assault and criminal damage. No other details were immediately available.

Cabrera’s attorney couldn’t be reached.

Cabrera made the big-league club in 2009 as a Rule 5 draftee. He had a promising rookie season for the Padres that year, hitting .255 with 25 steals and 59 runs scored. But he struggled the next two seasons and twice was hobbled by hamstring injuries. After not making the big-league club this spring, he now leads Tucson in steals (14) and is second in hits (39) through Wednesday. He has four errors in 28 games.

Any decision to bring up him to the majors would have to consider the possibility that he may be required in court at times in Glendale. If he’s convicted, he also might have to complete his sentence there.

The Padres (11-21) are in last place in the National League West. They open a three-game series Friday in Philadelphia.